Tricky case of Takayasu arteritis in a young child presenting with heart failure and femoral pulses

Arch Dis Child. 2019 May;104(5):507. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2017-314663. Epub 2018 Apr 19.

Authors

Marianna Fabi¹, Maurizio Brighenti¹, Andrea Donti¹, Marcello Lanari²

Affiliations

¹ Pediatric Cardiology and Adult Congenital Unit, Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, S. Orsola - Malpighi University Hospital, Bologna, Italy.
² Pediatric Emergency Unit, Università degli Studi di Bologna Azienda Ospedaliera Sant'Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna, Italy.

PMID: 29674517
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2017-314663

No abstract available

Keywords: heart failure; imaging; peripheral pulses; takayasu arteritis; vascular disease.